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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-15

get q copy Of his charge, and that be
mad allowed copy TO be taken, with
the understanding that 1t would not
be published, but that he was some
what mortified to see the Memphis
Scimitdr bad published it before 1t was
delivered; that he did not think It
could do much harm, but still he did
not like the position It put him in.
Court now adjourned to 2 o'clock, at
which time Judge DuBose sent the
Sheriff to the jury room to know II
they were ready to return q verdict.
In slew moments the.sheriff returned,
"Continusd in ouy next"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-15
A Druggists story.

Mr.. Isaac O. Chapman, druggist,
Newburg, N. Y, writes us: 81 have
for the past ten years sold several
gross OF DIR. William Halls Balsam for
the Longs. l can say of it what !
cannot say OF any other medicine, |
have never heard a customer speak Of
it but to praise its vlrtues in the high
est manner. have recommended it
in a great many cases OF whooping
cough, with the happiest effects. l
have ;ised II in my own family for
many ySars; in fact, always have a
bottle in the medicine closet ready for
uae."
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-15
w. N. HALDEMA>I
President Of the Great LOUISVILLE js d,
RIER-J0URNAL CO., tells VIVA
he knows of
Wintersmith'S Chill Car
OFFIoE OF TIE CoURIER-JOUsNAL,

LOOISVtLbE, hY.
,[r. R;ntersmith-Sir. waive rule hsv,
observed for many years, the valu of your
remedy prompting me TO say, in reply tc
your request, what l know Of your Chill
Cure; The private assurances # it's efficacy
had Observed on Mr.. h. W. Meredith, who,
for more than, 6fteen years, had Oeen fore
my family. The results have been entirely
satisfactory, The first case was of two
years. standing, in which | believe every
known remedy had boon tried with tempo
rary r,lief-thO chillg returning periodicals.
ard with seemingly increased severity.
Your SIRE broke them at once, and there ha,
been no recurrente of them or more than
six me nths. The other case was of a milder
form, and yielded more readily to other
remedies; but the chills would return at in
tervals until your medicine was used. since
which time, now several months, they have
entirely disappeared. From the opportu-
nifty have had to Judge, do not hesitate to
express my belief that your Chill Cure is a
valuable snsci6c, and performs all you
promise =. Respectfully,
ARTHUR PETER & CO., Agents, Louis.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-15
Day and Niqht

During an acute attack of Bronchitis,
ceaseless tickling in the throat, and
an exhausting, dry, hacking cough,
afflict the sufferer. Sleep is banished,
and great prostration follows. This
disease is also attended with Hoarse-
ness, and sometimes Loss OF Voice.
1t is liable TO become chronic, in
volye the lungs, and terminate fatal
". Ayers Cherry Pectoral affords
speedy relief and cure in cases Of
Bronchitis. 1t controls the DISPOSE
ton to cough, and induces refresh
ing sleep.
have boon a practicing physician for
twenty four years, and, for the past twelve,
have suffered from annual attacks of BrOn'
chitis. After exhausting all the usual rene
without Relief,
1 tried Ayers Cherry Pecioral. II helped
me Immediately, and effected a speedy cure.
q. stovesll. NJ. D., Carrollton, Miss;
best remedy, within nv knowledge, for
chronic Bron chitis, and all lung Diseases
NJ. A. Rust, MD. South Paris, Me.
Twas attacked, last winter, with severe
OOlus NulCub rum oAIOtuIrs BtoW WOhoot hhn
finally settled on my Lungs. BY nigh,
sweats was reduced almost to a skeleton
My Cough was incessent, and frequently
spit blood My physician told me to give al
business, or would not live a month. A ttel
taking srious remedies without relief,
was fnslly
Cured by Using
two bottles OF Ayers Cherry Pictorial. I an
now in perfect health, and ahle to resume
business, after having been pronounced in
durable with ConsumptiOn.-S. p. Hender'
son, Saulsburgh, Penn.
For years | was in a decline. had weak
| lungs, and suffered rom Bronchitis and Ca
| tsrrh. Ayers Cherry Pectorai re, tored mt
| to health, and 1 have been for long time
com paratively vigorous. In case OF sudd' I
| cold ALWAYS resort to the Poctoral, and hnC
| speedy rsiief.-Edward Il. Curtis, Rutland
Vermont.
Two years ago suffered from a sever,
Bronchitis. The physician attend ng me be
| came fear ul tibet the disease would termi'
| nate in Pneumonia. After trying variou
medicines without benefit, he finally pre-
! scribed Ayers Cherry PsctOrAl. which re
| lieved me at once. | continued to take thi
| medicine . short time. and was cured
Ernes. Cotton, Logansport, Ind.
Ayers Cherry PectoraI,
Prepared by DR.. j. G. Aver & Co., Lowell
Macs. Sold by all Druggists. Price, sl.OO
| six bottles. $500.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-15
ATTY GENERAL PETERS,
in THE RUSSELL GOODWIN MUIR
DER TRIAL,

In THE RUSSELL GOODWIN MUIR
DER TRIAL,
Concludes His Argument for the
Prosecution In Nearly Two
Hours Speech.
HE ARGUED THAT mis-. POLK
WAS NOT SLANDERED,
That What Was Said by Dalton
About Her Was In the Main
True.
AND HE INSISTED THAT THE
LETTERS In EVIDENCE
We're Written by Mrs. Polk. and
Ceuld not Have Been the For
geries Of Dalton.
he ALSO MADE 1T CLEAR THAT
THE PARTIES
Who Paid the Murdered Man TO
Leave Town We're the Real
Criminals.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-15
ANOTHER ON INSANITY.

Attorney General Peters submitted
the following special charge to the
Court for delivery TO the jury, which
was done; "The presumption of the
insanity OF the defendant can be re-
moved by direct or circums,anial
evidence"
As soon as the jury retired Judge
DuBose stated that he desired TO say
to the bar that in regard to the publi-
cation OF his charge this morning, be-
fore II was delivered, that 1t was done
W thout his consent. That several re-
porte's were at his house on Sunday to
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-15
Cured by Using
Ayers Cherry PectoraI,

Prepared by DR.. j. G. Aver & Co., Lowell
Macs. Sold by all Druggists. Price, n.OO;
six hotties. as GO,
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DON'T THINK sHK DID.

But here is one thing rather remark
able about these letters il they are
forgeries, First, they are written at
lime when ii is thoroughly tstao-
li9hed that Dalton was in st. Louis,
Now, II he wrote them, isn't IL rather
remarkable that he should have been
go well posted in regard to Mrs. Folks
movements, this July letter for in
s'auce, dated at Bolivar, and she hap
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01
Marriages in Greenland.

One of the Danish missionaries in
Greenland states that since the mis-
sionaries have won the confidence of
upon them which they never contem-
plated at the beginning of their mis-
sion. The preacher is not only the
minister of the gospel, but is invaria-
bly, resorted to both by young men and
maidens as the matrimonial agent. A
young man comes to the missionary
house and says. to him: Il want to
marry" ''Whom?" asks the mission
airy. ''Have YOU anyone in mind?"
Yes" answers the lover; ''but she
will not have me. | VANITY you to speak
to her." ''Have you not spoken for
yOurself?' ''Many times; but she al
ways says No! Nor" THAT is moth
ing" says the pastor; ''you know the
way of maidens. Does She like your"
sit is difficult to find out. She will
tell YOU" The pastor accordingly
sends for the girl, who comes willingly
enough, knowing what the message
means. 'Well, my daughter" he OBJ
serves, sit is time that you should
think of marriage" Il never mean
to marry" is her invariable and con-
ventional answer THAT is a pity"
says the minister, because [ have q
good husband for thee" "Who is he"
she asks. The missionary then tells
her his name although she knows it
as well as he does-and launches out
in the lovers praise. He is strong,
good looking, kindly; he caught two
fine whales when his companions took
none, or whatever else can be said to
his repute. After the catalogue. of his
merits has been recited the girl replies:
but | think him good-for-nothing."
'sAh, we'll" says the missionary,
''Thou art not wise. There is no lad
can fling u harpoon as he can. | shall
soon find him wife" He then wishes
the girl a good day, affecting to be-
lieve that the interview is over. But
she is sure to linger, and after a blush
and sigh, she whispers. $50 it is
particularly your wish, Herr Pastor?
| do not quite like him" with deep
sigh, ''but if you" At this point
she virtually hands over the business
to the minister, who has to tell her
that she knows she loves the lad, that
she would not have come if she had
not thought of accepting him, and
that nothing is wanting but to ask the
blessing of God upon their union.
The marriage, curiously enough, usu-
ally takes place upon the very day on
which the bride has emphatically pro-
tested that she will never have the
bridegroom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01
Leave Absinthe Alone.

It is stated that the habit of drink
ing absinthe is more common today
in this country than it ever was before.
Of its evil effects one writer SAYS,
The poor wretches given up to alb
sinthe-drinking suffer from peculiar
train of nervous symptoms. the most
prominent of which is epilepsy of
remarkably severe character. The
last moments of the Observation-Disclosures
are truly horrible. Absinthe; besides
alcohol, contains several ethereal oils,
of which the most important is the oil
of wormwood. 1t has been often OBJ
served that the use Of this beverage
results in disorders widely differing
from those caused by alcohol alone,
and the oil of wormwood has produced
onima stetanic commissions similar in
form to the epileptic form of convul-
sions which affect Observation-Disclosures.
Merchant TrGUeler.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01
Cable Roads.

Chicago has 20& miles in operation
and % under construction; Cincinnati,
miles; Kansas City, miles in opera
ton and 80 under construction; New
York City, 109 in operation; Philadel-
phia, Is miles; St. Louis 6 miles; San
Francisco. 49, miles now in use; Mil
bourne, Victoria, has several miles:
London, miles, and four years ago a
road was built in New Zealand. The
first cable road in San Francisco was
opened in 1873. This was the famous
CLAY Street Hill Cable Road" where
the grades were so steep that property
was almost valueless. The cables had
no trouble with the grades, seventeen
feet in 100, where horse power was use
less, and the road was an immediate sue.
cess.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01

log is Wyandotte Indian and worth
s1,OOO,O00. He can neither read nor
write, and is generally very shrewd at
bargain, but the real estate agents
were too much for his untutored mind.
A standard thermometer is made
with dial upon which the figures are
as easily read as upon a clock. In this
instrument strips of metal, which are
unequally acted upon by heat and cold,
are soldered together in the form of
spirals; the action of the temperature
is multiplied by delicate wheels and
pinions.
is now at loggerheads with Capt. Bo-
gardus, pants for the latter's blood
with true backwoods fervor .sAll |
want, he says, sis to be in a dark
room with Bogardus Let each of us
be given a gun and a cigarette. We
can take aim by the fire in each others
cigarettes"
Hot water from artesian wells is one
of the looked-for boons. 1t is thought
reasonable to suppose that hot water
can be obtained almost anywhere if
wells are bored deep enough, the
feasibility of this source of supply be-
ing already largely demonstrated by
the success of the great artesian well
project at Pesth.
Mrs. Sarah Macarthur, nee Winston,
the former beauty of the treasury de-
partment, is now worth $4,000, 600 in
her own right She inherited a tract
OF land near Birmingham. Ala, under
the supposition that it was worthless
Some three months ago she learned
that her barren plot of ground con-
tanned in its depths the best iron ore
in the south.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01
Names of Southern Negroes.

A Yankee friend of mine in speaky
ing of the Limekiln club says: 1T i
inimitable, only that the names of tt
members are so exaggerated" WhIa
| wrote her list of the queer naIhes
that have become so familiar to me
from much hearing, she declared that
she would retract her opinion of the
Limekiln names being exaggerated.
The negroes generally take their
names either from their surroundings
or obtain them from the white people,
often mixing up names in the most
incongruous style. Lily is the favor
tie name for the blacklist pickaninny
among them. Our old washerwoman
named her only child Mary Mandy
Selma Pleasant Delightful. A bow
legged young descendant of Ham re-
ioices in the name of Shadrach Mes
bach Abednego-though he is gener-
ally known as Shad.
A fond young mother could not de-
eide what to call her first son, so III
her dilemma applied to a young lady.
who told her to call him Willipus
Wallapus. The name tickled her
fancy and now Willipus Wallapus is
added to the list. This same negro
has since become the mother of a
daughter, and in speaking of her few
days since says: Il amt sot on no
name for her yit, but I'll either call her
Queen Victoria or Mrs. Cleveland"
She also has stepson, an overgrown
fellow of IL or Is, who bears the sweet
name of Rosebud Tabb. But perhaps
the most ridiculous names are found
in those of the children of half-witted
negro near this place. There are three
of them, named respectively, Heaven,
He'll and Moses Smote the Water. A
party of picnickers were very much
startled in passing her house one day
to hear the following command:
Look hyar, Heaven, you niggah, you
90 down to He'll and git dat ar dipper
wot dey got down dere." 1t was only
after thorough investigation that she
could be understood Cor
Detroit Free Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01
Making Scented Extracts.

Pomades are the commercial vehicle
for absorbing and transporting the
perfumes OF the jonquil, tuberose, and
few other species of flowers. \
square frame, or chassis, of white wood,
and about twenty inches by thirty
inches III size, is set with pane OF
strong plate-giass. On each side OF
the glass is spread thin, even layer OF
grease, which has been purified and re-
tned. Thus prepared, the frames are
piled up in ranks six or seven feet
high, to await the season of each
special flower. When the blossoms
arrive the petals are picked from the
stem-the pistils and stamens being
dlscarded-and laid so as to cover the
grease in each frame. These beino
again piled so as to rest upon their
wooden edges, which fit CLOSELY to.
gether, there is formed series of tight
chambers, the floors and ceilings OF
which are of grease, exposed to the
perfume of the flower leaves within.
The grease absorbs the perfume, the
spent flowers are removed daily, and
fresh ones supplied, and this process
goes on from two to four or five
strength of the pomade. which, when
sufficiently charged with perfume, is
taken from the glass with Il wide thin
spatula, and packed in tin cans for ex-
port. By these methods the delicate
odors of flowers are extracted and re-
tanned for transport to distant markets.
where, being treated with alcohol, they
yield their perfume to that stronger
vehicle, and produce the floral waters
and extracts of commerce. Coarser
pomades are made by boiling the flowers
in the grease and subjecting the residue
to pressure. The spent pomades are
used for toilet purposes and in the
manufacture of fine soaps. The
process of preparing perfumed
oils involves the same principle, except
that instead OF solid grease, superfine
olive oil is used. With this oil pieces
of coarse cotton fabric are saturated.
which spread upon wire net
ting s.. III wooden frames about
three four feet in size. The
flowers ,gread upon the saturated
cloths, an,, the frames piled one above
the other, SO that the perfume of the
flowers is absorbed as in the previous
are produced by ordinary distiilation,
in which the flowers are boiled with
water in large alembics. The vapor
carries off the perfume, and is con
densed in adjoining copper tanks, like
ordinary spirits. Some of the retorts
used for this purpose are of sufficient
size to receive at once half u ton OF
fresh flowers with the requisite water
for their distillation. When Flower
waters are to be produced alcohol is
used in the distilling tank to receive
the perfumes. By skillful combina-
tions of the perfumes of different flow
ers, sometimes with the addition of
chemicals, a large variety of handker-
chief extracts, such as ''Patchouli,
Jockey Club, West End" ETC., are
produced. Chambers Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01
The Two Glasses.

There were two glasses. filled TO the brim,
On rich mans table, rim to rim.
One was rudy and red as blood,
And one as clear as the crystal flood.
Said the glass of wine to the paler brother.
Let us tell the tales of the past to each other.
can tell of banquet and revel and mlrth,
And the proudest and grandest souls on earth
Fell under my touch as though struck by
blight,
Where was king, for ruled in might
From the heads of kings / have torn the
crown;
From the nights of fame have hurled men
down.
have blasted many an honored name;
/ have taken virtue and given shame.
have tempted youth with sip, taste,
That has made his future barren waste.
Far greater than a king am |,
Or than any army beneath the sky.
81 have made the arm of the driver fall
And sent the train from the iron rail.
/ have made good ships go down at sea,
And the shrieks of the lost were sweet to me.
For they said: Behold how great you be?
Fame, strength, wealth, genius before you
fall,
For your might and power are over ALL
Hoi hol pale brother" laughed the wine,
'Can you boast of deeds as great as miner
Said the water glass, II cannot boast
OF king dethroned or murdered host,
But / can tell of a heart once sad,
BY my crystal drops made light and glad
OF thirsts I've quenched, of brows I've laved,
Of hands I've cooled and souls I've saved.
I've leaped through the valley, dashed down
the mountain,
Flowed in the river and played in the foun-
tain,
Slept in the sunshine and dropped from the
sky,
And everywhere gladdened the landscape and
eye.
I have eased the hot forehead of fever and
pain,
have made the parched meadow grow fertile
with grain.
| can tell of the powerful wheel of the mill
That grinds out flour and turns at my will;
/ can tell of manhood debased by you,
That lifted up and crowned anew.
| cheer, / help, strengthen, and aid;
/ gladden. the heart of man and maid;
j set the wine-chained captive free,
And all are better for knowing me-"
These are the tales they told each other
The glass of wine aud its paler brother,
AS they sat together. filled to the brim,
On the rich mans table, rim to rim.
Maine Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01
A Startling Prediction.

Two hundred years ago in China
there was just such a craze about
natural gas as we have in this country
to-day Gas wells were sunk
with as much vim and vigor as
the Celestials were capable of
but owing to a gas explosion that killed
several millions of people and tore up
and destroyed a large district of
country, leaving large inland sea,
known on the maps as Lake Foo
Chang, the boring of any more gas
wells was then and there prohibited by
law. 1t seems, according to the Chinese
history, that many large and heavy
pressure gas wells were sunk quite
near to each other. Gas was lighted
as soon as struck, as is done in this
country. 1t is stated that one well
with its unusual pressure, by induction
or back draught, pulled down into the
earth the burning gas of a smaller well,
resulting in dreadful explosion of a
large district, destroying the inhabit-
ants thereof. Lake Foo Chang rests
on this district The same catastrophe
is imminent in this country unless the
laws restrict further developments in
boring so many wells Should a
similar explosion occur there will be
such an upheaval as will dwarf the
most terrible earthquakes ever known.
The country along the gas belt from
Toledo through Ohio. Indiana and
Kentucky will be ripped up to the
depth of 1,200 to 1,500 feet and Topped
over like pancake. leaving a chasm
through which the waters of Lake
Erie will come bowling down, filling,
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and
blotting them out Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01

A good old church deacon in Mich
igan who was tempted into dabbling
bit in wheat picked up the paper one
morning and read: "a more hellish
feeling developed in the market yester-
day." The editor had written ''bull-
ish," but the good old deacon laid the
paper right down and went to the
telephone and said to his broker: ''Sell
me out at once for whatever you can
get. | have been expecting something
like this for long time, and | don't
propose to have old Satan walk in Oh
me."-V Val Street NeaOS..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01

Paper doors are coming into use,
and, as compared with those of wood,
possess the advantage of neither shrink
ing, swelling, cracking, nor warping.
They are formed of two thick paper
boards, stamped and nodded into pam
els, and glazed together with glue and
potash and then rolled through heavy
rollers. After being covered with
waterproof coating and then with one
that is fire-proof they are painted, var
nished, and hung in the usual way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01

Wife (returning from church) How
beautifully the choir sang Zone More
River to Cross" Husband-Yes, and
that reminds me that have an engage
ment in Hoboken this afternoon.-NeU
York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01

A widow living alone in suburb of
Boston is dreadfully afraid of tramps.
A neighbor has large ST. Bernard
dog, and when he sees tramp in the
neighborhood he says to the dog:
Jack. go over to Mrs. II. s and sit on
the piazza until the tramp gets by"
The dog instantly goes, and after he
has seen the tramp safely along the
road he comes home. This same dog
always insists upon accompanying the
widow home when she calls upon his
masters family
so Bilkinson is settling up MS
debts?" L hear he is. has he
squared things with you? NO. bul
I'm a friend of his, you know. "-1o'0's
Topics
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-01

The best way for women to get mus
taches on their upper lips IS to get
themselves to a nunnery and lock the
door.